![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | 2007 Big Island Dig On This Archaeology Report - Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
Maritime and terrestrial archaeological report of activities undertaken by the 501.c(3) nonprofit organization Maritime Heritage Minnesota on Big Island, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota in cooperation with the City of Orono Community Education Program in Summer 2007.
Keywords: archaeology; maritime history; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Lake Minnetonka; Minnesota; history; veteran's camp; amusement park
Downloads: 215 |  |
| Andy Gibson Starboard Gunwale and Deck Excavation - Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHM) expanded excavations into the Mississippi River bank in Aitkin, MN where the steamer wreck Andy Gibson is located. MHM has worked on the Andy Gibson wreck since 2008. A substantial portion of the wreck site lay in situ underneath several feet of the river bank and the starboard (right) side gunwale is intact. This report details the work MHM conducted on the Andy Gibson wreck site's starboard side in 2011 during low water conditions...
Keywords: nautical archaeology; maritime; Mississippi River; Headwaters Mississippi Nautical Archaeology. Headwaters Mississippi River Steamboat; steamer; Andy Gibson; steamboat; shipwreck; Aitkin; Minnesota; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; dry nautical site; underwater archaeology; Aitkin Minnesota
Downloads: 31 |  |
| Andy Gibson Excavation and NRHP Nomination Report - Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHM) conducted a limited excavation into the Mississippi River bank in Aitkin, MN where the steamer wreck Andy Gibson is located. MHM conducted preliminary nautical archaeological documentations of the wreck site in Autumn 2008 and Summer and Autumn 2009 during low water conditions. It was determined that a substantial portion of the wreck site lay in situ underneath several feet of the river bank and it was hypothesized that the starboard (right) side gunwale may be...
Keywords: nautical archaeology; maritime; Mississippi River; Headwaters Mississippi Nautical Archaeology. Headwaters Mississippi River Steamboat; steamer; Andy Gibson; steamboat; shipwreck; Aitkin; Minnesota; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; dry nautical site; underwater archaeology; Aitkin Minnesota
Downloads: 56 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, April 1, 1878 - October, 1878 (#4) Transcription - Transcribed and Edited by Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 26 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, April 1, 1877 - September 30, 1877 (#2) Transcription - Transcribed & Edited by Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 42 |  |
| Lake Minnetonka Survey 2 Report - Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, and Maritime Heritage Minnesota
The majority of Lake Minnetonka is in Hennepin County, with a small portion of its southwest edge crossing into Carver County, Minnesota. Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHM) received a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant - part of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment - in May 2012 to conduct a side and down imaging sonar survey of Upper Lake Minnetonka - not including Crystal Bay that had already by surveyed...
Keywords: Upper Lake; Lower Lake; dugout canoe; pontoon boat; shipwreck; shipwrecks; wrecks; steamers; steamboat; sidewheeler; sternwheeler; propeller; Big Island Amusement Park; Big Island Veterans Camp; steamboat pier; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota; Lake Minnetonka; Royal Moore; Ramaley; Minnehaha; Como; White Bear; Hopkins; torpedo stern; nautical archaeology; maritime archaeology; history; Halsted; runabout; Mound; Spring Park; Excelsior; Wayzata; Hercules; Minneapolis; St. Albans Bay Wreck
Downloads: 90 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, April 1, 1877 - September 30, 1877 (#2) - USS Essex Crew, US Navy, Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 195 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, August 1, 1878 - February 15, 1879 (#5) - USS Essex Crew, US Navy, Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 77 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, April 1, 1878 - October 6, 1878 (#4) - USS Essex Crew, US Navy, Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 180 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, February 1, 1898 - April 6, 1898 (#40) - USS Essex Crew, US Navy, Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
The USS Essex is the only US Navy wreck in the State of Minnesota. She was designed and constructed by the 19th Century's preeminent shipbuilder Donald McKay and is the only known example of his work to survive. Sixty-two of Essex's log books are known and Maritime Heritage Minnesota received a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant - also known as the Legacy Amendment - to digitize these books at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC and at the United States Naval ...
Keywords: USS Essex; Minnesota; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; Duluth; Lake Superior; United States Navy; National Archives and Records Administration; United States Naval Academy; Great Lakes; Great Lakes Naval Militia; Naval Reserve; Training Ships; Log Book
Downloads: 143 |  |
| USS Essex Log Books Digitization Pilot Project Report - Ann Merriman, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
The USS Essex is the only US Navy wreck in the State of Minnesota. She was designed and constructed by the 19th Century premiere shipbuilder Donald McKay and is the only known example of his work to survive. Sixty-two of Essex's log books are known and Maritime Heritage Minnesota received a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant - also known as the Legacy Amendment - to digitize these books at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC and at the United States Naval Acad...
Keywords: USS Essex; Minnesota; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants; Digitization; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; Duluth; Lake Superior; United States Navy; National Archives and Records Administration; United States Naval Academy; Great Lakes; Great Lakes Naval Militia; Naval Reserve; Training Ships; Log Book
Downloads: 129 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, October 1, 1877 - March 31, 1878 (#3) Transcription - Transcribed and Edited by Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 27 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, October 3, 1876 - March 31, 1877 (#1) Transcription - Transcribed & Edited by Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 48 |  |
| Lake Minnetonka Survey 1 Report - Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
The majority of Lake Minnetonka is in Hennepin County, with a small portion of its southwest edge crossing into Carver County. Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHM) received a private donation in September 2011 and a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant in November 2011 to conduct a side and down imaging sonar survey of Lower Lake Minnetonka and Crystal Bay in the Upper Lake in Hennepin County. Prior to this survey, only six wrecks were widely known...
Keywords: shipwreck; shipwrecks; wrecks; steamers; steamboat; sidewheeler; sternwheeler; propeller; Big Island Amusement Park; Big Island Veterans Camp; steamboat pier; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota; Lake Minnetonka; Royal Moore; Minnehaha; Como; White Bear; Hopkins; torpedo stern; nautical archaeology; maritime archaeology; history; Excelsior; Wayzata; Arthur Dyer; Hercules; Minneapolis; St. Albans Bay Wreck
Downloads: 312 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, August 1, 1878 - February 15, 1879 (#5) Transcription - Transcribed and Edited by Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 38 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, October 3, 1876 - March 31, 1877 (#1) - USS Essex Crew, US Navy, Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 96 |  |
| Log Book of the USS Essex, October 1, 1877 - March 31, 1878 (#3) - USS Essex Crew, US Navy, Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, Maritime Heritage Minnesota
USS Essex was designed by the North American shipbuilder Donald McKay. McKay is widely recognized as the premier shipwright and designer in 19th Century America. His fast clipper ships broke all speed records during the mid-19th Century. and his ship Flying Cloud held the speed record from the New York to San Francisco around Cape Horn from 1851-1989. USS Essex was the last ship McKay designed and constructed...
Keywords: USS Essex; United States Navy; Winfield Scott Schley; Naval History; Navy History; steam; sail; warship; ship; Maritime History; Nautical Archaeology; shipwreck; Lake Superior; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grant; Legacy Amendment; National Archives and Records Administration; NARA; United States Naval Academy; USNA; Log Book
Downloads: 109 |  |
| Mississippi River Aitkin County Survey Report 2010 - Maritime Heritage Minnesota, Ann Merriman and Christopher Olson
Maritime Heritage Minnesota, a 501.c(3) non-profit, conducted a 104-mile nautical archaeological side and down imaging sonar survey of Aitkin County, MN in August 2010. Funded in part by the Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants program - also known as the Legacy Amendment - this survey represents the first systematic remote sensing survey of any body of water in the State of Minnesota designed to record and recognize new archaeological sites...
Keywords: Minnesota; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Mississippi River; 19th Century; 20th Century; archaeology; archaeological site; nautical; maritime; underwater; maritime history; survey; sonar; side-imaging; side imaging; site; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Grants; Legacy Amendment; Aitkin County; shipwrecks; steamboats; sternwheelers; Andy Gibson; Swan; Fawn; City of Aitkin; George H. Houghton; Walter Taylor; Ripple River; Mud River; Sandy River; Sandy Lake, Aitkin, Palisade, Jacobson, boat, steam launch, flat boat, flatboat, ferry
Downloads: 66 |  |
| Aitkin County Shipwrecks Project Report - Ann Merriman, Christopher Olson, and Maritime Heritage Minnesota
Maritime Heritage Minnesota (MHM) conducted a side and down-imaging sonar survey of Aitkin County in August 2010 as part of the Mississippi River Aitkin County Survey (MRACS) Project. With the completion of the MRACS Project, the 104-mile portion of the Mississippi River in Aitkin County was the first section of any body of water in Minnesota to be systematically surveyed archaeologically using sonar...
Keywords: Minnesota; Maritime Heritage Minnesota; Headwaters Mississippi River; 19th Century; 20th Century; archaeology; archaeological site; nautical; maritime; underwater; maritime history; survey; sonar; side-imaging; side imaging; site; Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants; Legacy Amendment; Aitkin County; shipwrecks; steamboats; sternwheelers; Andy Gibson; Swan; Fawn; City of Aitkin; George H. Houghton; Walter Taylor; Red Mill Wreck; Tripp Landing; Burton and Anderson/Hodgeden and McDonald Mill and Landing; Ripple River; Mud River; Aitkin; Palisade; Jacobson; boat; steam; flat boat; flatboat; ferry; wanigan
Downloads: 33 |  |
|
|
TVNews
OpenLibrary